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Our Board of Directors has decades of experience, both in the nonprofit arena and corporate world. Combined, these professionals work tirelessly to fulfill our mission to help young people to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.

"My favorite part about the organization is the group of teens I work with. I felt like I knew teens well when I started, but I realized over time that connecting with teens was a welcomed challenge. That drew me even more! I committed to learning new ways to engage them."

OFFICERS

CHAIR
Eric Watson, FutureWave Finance

VICE CHAIR
Julie Jennings, Capellas Partners

SECRETARY
Charles Ballard, Kimberly-Clark

TREASURER
Marty Ellen, Consultant

HONORARY CHAIR
George S. Watson, Steelcreek Management

IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
Ruth Jacks, Wells Fargo

PRESIDENT & CEO
Karen Tan, LCSW

DIRECTORS

Joy L. Bartholomew, Bank of America

Jivka Batchvarova, PwC

Josh Bradburn, State Farm

Scott Connor, KPMG

Thomas Ehlmann, NBC5 (retired)

Jeremy Gott, Baker Botts

Ben Jackson, AT&T

Ferrell Keel, Jones Day

Mike Kryger, Deloitte

Peter Lewis, Scheef & Stone

Sonya Macatee, Consultant

Paul Manno, Gensler

Grant McGee, Kimberly-Clark

Jim Pike, FLUOR

Paul Stafford, Stafford Moore PLLC

Wendy Wilkerson, Toyota

John Zimmermann, Sycamore Tree Capital

NON-VOTING MEMBERS

Junior League Advisory Chair – Caroline Buckley, Financial Consultant

Alumni Representative – Idris Akinpelu, Assistant District Attorney Tarrant County

ADVISORY COUNCIL CHAIRS

Richardson Advisory Chair – Assistant Chief Coby Pewitt

East Dallas Advisory Chair – Erin Cihak

Navarro County Advisory Chair – Barbara Kelley

Mesquite Advisory Chair – Officer Steven Contreras

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Levi Davis

Tom Falk

Jerry King-Echevarria

Gerald Louviere

Scott Murray

Jimmy Westcott